League of Legends: IGN vs Riot

League of Legends is the DotA-inspired free-to-play game that has taken the internet by storm. It's also taken away a lot of time from a few of us at IGN, and for that, Riot must be punished.

At 5PM PST today we will be playing against Riot Games in a match to showcase the latest champion to be added to League of Legends, Lee Sin, The Blind Monk. Both the IGN team and the Riot team will feature the champion, but the rest of the team makeup is under no restrictions.

The match will be streamed live right here, and will be shoutcasted by Riot's Phreak. That's great news, because it means he won't be playing against us! We'll still probably lose pretty hard though.

If you miss the match, we'll have a recording here after the game. That's no where near as exciting as watching the game live, though, so bookmark this page and come back at 5PM PST today!

Lee Sin, for League of Legends players who are Unfamiliar with the recently launched champion, is a melee fighter. Each of his non-ultimate abilities turns into a second ability after it has been used, which can make him pretty complex to play.

As this is our first fight against Riot, the IGN Team is using characters we know pretty well. Rydog is playing Singed and will primarily be responsible for plucking characters out of Riot's team for us to slay. Goylesk is playing Janna and will be providing crowd-control by using slows and knock-ups on enemies, and support by shielding allies. Multra is playing Anivia and will be trying to get some kills with his mad ice skillz. Stealer is taking up the reigns of Lee Sin, who will be providing some support (but mostly punching faces). Spence will be playing Kennen, providing some stuns and damage. EDIT: Spence is playing Jax.

EDIT 2: We played two games total. The first one ends, uh, pretty rapidly. The second one, however, should be edge-of-your-seat viewing. If you only watch one game, watch the second one!